The Gastric Tube operation or vertical gastrectomy (“Sleeve” in English), is the obesity surgery that has grown the most worldwide in the last 5 years. It is an intervention in which a reduction of the stomach is performed so that the patient feels satiated after eating small or moderate amounts of food, which allows losing … Read more
In which cases is it necessary to resort to surgery to treat obesity? It is aimed at patients who have a body mass index above a certain figure, the body mass index is the resultant, the resultant of dividing the patient’s weight by the height in meters squared, that tells us if the patient is … Read more
Am I a candidate for surgery? You are a candidate for surgery because you meet the internationally accepted requirements which are to have a body mass index greater than 40 or greater than 35 associated with the diseases that obesity develops, to have obesity of long evolution and to have failed conventional medical measures duly … Read more
One of the objectives that we surgeons have is to minimize the damage that our treatments do to our patients. Per se, classic surgery must access the organs through incisions that produce a surgical wound. Whether it is in the neck, thorax or abdomen, the surgeon has to reach the various anatomical planes in order … Read more
The mastectomy causes physical alterations that entail a perceptive alteration of femininity, change in the body scheme, muscular alterations with frequent contractures, spine deviations and psychic alterations with depression, anguish, negative influence in the experience of the disease, alterations in social relationships and with the couple. All this leads to the need to conclude the … Read more
Traditionally, breast cancer in advanced stages was treated with radical surgery, completely removing the breast and the axillary nodes, or it was treated with chemotherapy and later, provided that the patient was not metastatic, also subjected to radical mastectomy. Currently, advances in diagnosis and treatment have made it possible to perform conservative treatments in both … Read more
Thyroid surgery will only be used in certain cases when there is a problem in the thyroid gland. It is an intervention that is giving very satisfactory results and in which the surgeon’s experience can be key. The most common diseases related to the thyroid gland, an organ with hormonal function located in the anterior … Read more
What is the thyroid gland and what is its function? The thyroid is an endocrine gland that is located primarily in the anterior neck area, in front of the trachea, and whose main function is the formation of thyroid hormone. The function of this hormone is rooted in multiple chemical reactions of the organism, that … Read more
A biliary colic is a continuous type of pain in the pit of the stomach and/or in the right subcostal region, usually radiating to the right dorsal region. In addition, this discomfort is often accompanied by oral intolerance, nausea, bilious or greenish vomiting, and sometimes jaundice and choluria (dark urine). Biliary colic is more frequent … Read more
Historically, the surgeon has evolved from being a generalist, in charge of performing all types of interventions, to a specialist in specific anatomical or functional parts. This evolution has continued and we can now speak of super-specializations whereby the physician, without forgetting the patient as a whole, deals with and has a more in-depth knowledge … Read more